Agenda

Spring 2025 Conference Agenda

18th Annual California Corporate Finance Conference
Saturday, March 29, 2025

Continental Breakfast: 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. (Location: Hilton 119/Outdoor Atrium)

Opening Remarks: 9:30 a.m. - 9:40 a.m. (Location: Hilton 119)

Session 1: Financial Markets & Investor Behavior: 9:40 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. (Location: Hilton 119)

• Forecasting Success: How Family Social Status Shapes Analyst Performance in Financial Markets
  
  • Presenter: Jennifer Brodmann, California State University Dominguez Hills
  • Discussant: Fangfang Du, California State University Fullerton

• Social Interaction Intensity and Investor Behavior 
  
  • Presenter: Yaron Levi, University of Southern California 
  • Discussant: Liang Ma, San Diego State University

 Break: 11:00 a.m. - 11:10 a.m.

 Session 2: Credit & Lending: 11:10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (Location: Hilton 119)

• Regulating Mortgage Credit based on Data Quality: Evidence from Automated Underwriting
  • Presenter: Sakif Rahman, California Polytechnic State University
  • Discussant: Ran Zhao, San Diego State University
    
    
• Eroding access: The shift of local lending post-TCJA
  
  • Presenter: Jenna El-Khalili, Loyola Marymount University
  • Discussant: Jennifer Brodmann, California State University Dominguez Hills

Lunch: 12:30 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. (Hilton 302)

Keynote Speaker: 1:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. (Location: Hilton 119)

• Distinguished Guest: Hendrik Bessembinder, Francis J. and Mary B. Labriola Chair in Competitive Business and Professor at the W.P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University

Break: 2:00 p.m. - 2:10 p.m.

Session 3: Policy & Social Impact: 2:10 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. (Location: Hilton 119)

• Changes in Local Labor Markets and Inventor Productivity: Evidence from a Major Policy from 2008 to 2013
  
  • Presenter: Fangfang Du, California State University Fullerton
  • Discussant: Raymond Kim, University of Northern Arizona

• Less is More: Lender Distraction and Workplace Safety 
  
  • Presenter: Liang Ma, San Diego State University
  • Discussant: Jenna El-Khalili, Loyola Marymount University

Break: 3:30 p.m. - 3:40 p.m.

Session 4: Sustainability & AI Disclosure: 3:40 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Location: Hilton 119)

• The Conditional Viability of Rational Sustainability: Evidence from Venture Capital
  
  • Presenter: Raymond Kim, Northern Arizona University
  • Discussant: Sakif Rahman, California Polytechnic State University
    
    
• Determinants and Information Content of Voluntary Artificial Intelligence Disclosure
  
  • Presenter: Ran Zhao, San Diego State University
  • Discussant: Yaron Levi, University of Southern California

Closing Remarks